# Portuguese Travel Phrasebook — user reviews > 81 indexed App Store user reviews of Portuguese Travel Phrasebook by Danilo Cimino, rated 4.40/5 from 34 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portuguese-travel-phrasebook/id519750143/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portuguese-travel-phrasebook/id519750143.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 18 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## What do users think of Portuguese Travel Phrasebook? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Helpful for learning phrases - 🗣️ Good pronunciation guides - 🎧 Slowed audio option - ✅ Simple and easy to use - 🇪🇺 European Portuguese focus - ✨ Great for beginners - 💯 Useful for travel **Cons** - 💸 Limited free content - 😩 Annoying ads - 💰 Paid upgrade needed - 🤔 Unclear Portuguese dialect - 🚫 No sound at times - 📱 Upgrade not transferable - 😵‍💫 Overwhelming for beginners (Duolingo comparison) **Commonly reported bugs** - Cannot cancel subscription - Sound not working - Ads even after purchasing Pro - Locked out of features after short use - App relays phrases in English when phone language is Portuguese - Upgrade not reflected on other devices **Most requested features** - Ability to cancel subscription easily - Clearer indication of Portuguese dialect (European vs. Brazilian) - Option to change language settings within the app - Transfer of Pro upgrade across devices - Visual upgrade for the app interface ## Newest reviews (13 of 81) ### 3/5 — What type of Portuguese is it *2022-10-25* Hello so I was wondering if it was European Portuguese for Brazil Portuguese ### 4/5 — Great for phrase learning *2022-06-19* I wanted to learn some Portuguese phrases, and the listening function really helped on this app. Of course there are plenty of ads with the free version, and you have to leave a review to unlock the rest of the phrases. ### 3/5 — Trying... *2021-02-11, version 15* The app is great but you can’t do a lot without payment ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2019-12-31, version 8.1* Good choice of useful phrases along with pronunciation. ### 4/5 — Overall good *2019-09-29, version 8.1* Overall it’s really good but the sound doesn’t work at all ### 4/5 — Martin *2019-08-30, version 8.1* Very helpful ### 4/5 — Transferable to other device? *2019-07-13* As a retired Spanish teacher I like what I see so far as I plan to walk the Caminho Portugués. However I upgraded to Pro on my iPhone, but that upgrade is not reflected on my iPad. Why is this? Am I supposed to pay $3.00 again for my iPad app? ### 4/5 — Good for instant phrases *2018-08-19, version 8.1* The slowed pronunciations is very handy! ### 2/5 — Translation *2018-07-20, version 8.1* .. ### 4/5 — Fab *2018-05-30, version 8.1* I really like this app, especially as you can listen to a slowed down version of words and phrases. ### 4/5 — Not bad *2018-05-21* Seems ok so far but they require a review written to access more content, which means the review is only based on 10-15 phrases... ### 4/5 — Well done *2018-05-14, version 8.1* I really like this a App and it is helping me so much . ### 2/5 — Too many pop up adverts *2018-04-27* Too many adverts that pop up making it useless. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Problems and no response from app developers *2020-06-14* This looks great but to help my Portuguese I changed the language setting on my phone from English to Portuguese. So now when I open this app it’s relaying all the phrases in English and I can’t find a way to change the settings!! Please email me back! ### 1/5 — Riddled with annoying ads even after purchasing the pro version *2020-01-30* Ads pop every few seconds making it it extremely unpleasant to use. I was led to believe the pro version would not contain any adds. Asking for a full refund! ### 1/5 — Not satisfied *2017-11-20, version 8.1* Downloaded and payed for the upgrade. Sound doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — English-Portuguese talking translator *2013-03-10* The computer-generated voice is so artificial that it is almost impossible to understand, let alone imitate - especially the way the pitch jumps wildly from syllable to syllable. Very disappointing **Developer response:** We have replaced the synthetic speech with real recordings by human beings. You can ask for a refund by contacting Apple directly, we are not entitled to give them. ### 1/5 — English-Portuguese Phrasebook *2012-08-24* Horrible application! Uses computer voice pronunciation and can hardly be understood. Totally worthless. Horrible! Usa voz de computadora para pronunciar y no se puede entender. Un desperdicio total del dinero! **Developer response:** We have replaced the synthetic speech with real recordings by human beings. You can ask for a refund by contacting Apple directly, we are not entitled to give them. ### 2/5 — Absurd *2020-01-28, version 8.1* Being forced to write this review as the App has locked me out of ‘numbers’ after only 3 minutes. I can tell now therefore that my use of the App is for the programmer’s benefit, not mine. ### 2/5 — Brazilian *2019-11-25, version 8.1* A lot of it is Brazilian Portuguese not Portugal Portuguese ### 2/5 — Basic *2019-05-02, version 8.1* Paid the extra for the ‘Pro’, still just basic words and phrases, no translations. Waste of money, might as well have stuck with my free google. ### 2/5 — Has no sound for translation *2019-03-24, version 8.1* Has no sound for translation ### 2/5 — Poor *2018-08-07, version 8.1* Very few phrases without payment ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Cannot cancel *2025-04-14* App was very helpful but I need to cancel and no information available ### 5/5 — Portugues *2020-04-02, version 8.1* I have lived in Portugal for seven years and this is the best language app I have seen ### 5/5 — J *2019-11-21, version 8.1* Really simple to use ### 5/5 — Ace App *2019-07-29, version 8.1* Really good for learning, did ok as a kid but this is really helping. ### 5/5 — Pj@@ *2019-06-20, version 8.1* Good app ### 5/5 — P *2018-06-03, version 8.1* Very helpful ### 5/5 — Great and easy to use *2018-05-13, version 8.1* Really pleased- simple and clear ### 5/5 — Excellent *2018-05-11, version 8.1* Ideal ### 5/5 — Perfect for our Brazilian visitors *2018-05-07, version 8.1* Excellent little app ### 5/5 — Good *2018-04-26, version 8.1* 👍🏻. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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